My quilt is finished and bound! It's drying now (had to wash the cat hairs off) and when it's dry, I'll send it to my mom for Mother's Day.
I had a hard time getting a good picture of the finished quilt. I don't have a place to hang something that large!
Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia
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Wow! Very nice. I particularly like your setting and sashing fabric. They really set off the blocks. joan
Carole, it's great! If your mom doesn't like it . . . well, you know my address!
Gorgeous Carole! And you are the first to finish!!! Congratulations!
Dannielle
Lovely quilt!!! Your Mom will be thrilled!!!
Marsha
Thank you Joan, Louise, Dannielle, and Marsha! I think my mom will like it since she saw a few of the blocks when I first started, and she liked those. I think she's forgotten all about the quilt by now, so it should be a big surprise. I've never done a staggered layout like that before, or a quilt with so many different blocks and fabrics. I, for one, am very glad to have it finished!!!!
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Carole your quilt is beautiful. I love how well your colors just blend so well with each other and offer that "pop" that a good fabric choice gives to a quilt.
Dorothy F. DeFuniak Springs, FL
That quilt is so special! I just love all the cat fabrics. You did a wonderful job! And you quilted it yourself, too?!?
Beautiful quit and I love the layout!!
Oh, how I wish I were your mother!! Beautiful!
Rita L.
Carole-Retired and Lov> My quilt is finished and bound! It's drying now (had to wash the cat
Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Carole! Nice job!
Karen, Queen of Squishies
Thanks Dorothy, Taria, Kay, Cheryl, Rita, and Karen!!! It takes having a deadline in order for me to finish a project this quickly.
I did do all the quilting myself. I used a walking foot and straight-line quilting on the sashings and borders, although I did add some free-motion swirly curliques to the border. The blocks are all done free-motion. I considered it "practice." I still have very inconsistent stitch length, although it's getting better. I'm using a domestic machine, not a long-arm. (It's an Elna Quilter's Dream.) I would be getting into a good rhythm and having nice smooth designs with even stitches when the cat would jump right up on top of everything, sending the lines of quilting off into jagged directions. They stayed in. I'm telling Mom that Gray Soufflé helped and that she's responsible for all the "variations" in the quilting designs!!! Mom won't care. She'll think it's funny, because she's fully aware of Gray Soufflé's personality!
Carole, It inspires me. I will be digging out the patterns for the ones I did not get finished. It is gorgeous.
Vikki in WA State
Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia
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Looks wonderful! Your mom will be delighted. Roberta in D
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really wonderful quilt, but why did you wash the cat hairs off ?? You could have called it a 'design element ' Heidi from Germany
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